This Dump Is A Dump
When a woke, yoga-practicing fempreneur writes a cultural appropriation memoir, Meal, her long-suffering assistant, finally breaks. A meditation on anxiety, a portrait of a narcissist, an excavation of the misery of JOBS, and a celebration of the catharsis of stand-up.
Bushwick Starr Reading Series, curated by William Burke, John Del Gaudio and Daaimah Mubashshir. Directed By Julia Sirna-Frest. Performed by Corinne Donly, Layla Khoshnoudi, and Nikaury Rodriguez.
SEA FRAUD
A surrealist jaunt through office politics, friendship, the writing process, and the very strange experience of being a person living and eating in America.
Premiered at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in April, 2015. Directed by Julia Sirna-Frest. Performed by Ugo Chukwu, Zoë Geltman and Maggie Fignotti Katz.
SEA FRAUD had a developmental workshop at Dixon Place in June 2015. Directed by Julia Sirna-Frest and performed by Nikki Calonge, Zoë Geltman and Maggie Fignotti Katz. It was also developed at Dragon's Egg Studio.
The Loneliest Whale in the World
A play about a sad whale and two self-destructive loners.
Premiered at the 2013 Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City. Directed by Julia May Jonas. Performed by Neil D'Astolfo, David Gould, Maggie Fignotti Katz, Lucy McMichael, Elizabeth Spano, and Sam West.
The Loneliest Whale had a developmental showing at Catch!/AUNTS at The Invisible Dog in February 2013. Performed by Zoë Geltman, Preston Martin and Marisa Wallin.
KILLIN IT
A web series created by Zoë Geltman and Julia Sirna-Frest set in theater dressing rooms, celebrating backstage life: the ridiculously tight quarters; the actor stuffing grocery store sushi in her mouth before striding gamely onstage; the thinly veiled envy for careers taking off; the desperate discussions of day jobs; the hilarity of everyone's different warm-up rituals; and the absolutely incomparable frenzy, intimacy, and pure joy that arise from making a piece of live theater with other humans.